Drinking fountain attachment for water faucets



March 19, 1935. N CROSS 1,994,454

DRINKING FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT FOR WATER FAUCETS Filed April 18, 1932INVENTOR.

ii 725W ATTORNEYIS.

Patented Mar. 19, 1935 i r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DRINKING FOUNTAINATTACHMENT FOR WATER rAUcn'rs Harry Norman Cross, Vancouver, Britishcoluml bia, Canada;

Application April 18, 1932, Serial No. 605,901

1 lu Canada April 2, 1931' 6 Claims. (Cl. 29911)' r i This inventionrelates to attachments for water and the collar has at its lower endan'outwardly;

faucets, and more particularly toa device for conprojecting lug 10 forthe hinged connection of the; verting a water faucet of conventionalconstruc member 8. V a I tion-into a sanitary drinking fountain. Thelatter has at its endatwhich it connects,

t is an object of the invention to provide an with the collar, a flange12'which in practice fits, 5

attachment of the above-stated character which tightly against a similarflange 13 at the end of is easily applied to an ordinary water faucet,for the collar, andthe hinged connection of the memthe purpose ofutilizing the faucet as a drinking hers is established throughthe mediumof a pivot fountain, and. which when thus applied, may be pin lsextendingthrough alined apertures of the readily adjusted so as torender the faucet availlug 10 of the collar-member '7 and a correspond-10 able for ordinary use. ing lug 15 on the movablemember 8-,therends'of Other objects reside in the provision of a self the pinbeing clinched upon the outer surfaces of sealing valve which providesan impervious juncthe lugs so as to permit jot the member being turebetween the fixed'andmovable parts of the turned in a horizontalplanetoa position in which 15 attachment, by water-pressure, and stillfurther it clears the end 01" the fixed member as has been 15 objectsare to be found in details of construction shownin broken lines inFigure 1, and in full lines and novel and useful arrangements'andcombiin Figure 3. l nations of parts as will be fully disclosed in the Ahook 1211 on the flange 12 of the movable course of the followingdescription; member embracing ,the flange 13 of the fixed In theaccompanying drawing, in the various member at a point oppositeithehinge aids in 20 views of which like parts are similarly designated,holding the movable member in its operative, po- Figure 1 represents apartially sectional elevasition with relation to thenozzle of thefaucet.

tion of a water-faucet with an attachment made In order to provide awatertight connection bein aocordancewith the present invention, in itstweenthe end of the faucet nozzleand the collaroperative relationthereto, 1 member of the attachment, agwasher 16 made of 5- Figure 2 isan enlarged sectional elevation of rubber or other flexible material, isplacedbetween the nozzle or discharge endof the faucet and the the endof the nozzle 6 andthe fla e 0f t e adjoining parts of the attachment,showing the collar. r operative position or the self-sealing valve in-The washer has an integral inwardly projectcluded in the attachment, ingflange 1'7 Which-projects across the inner edge 30 Figure 3 is a sectionon the line 3-,-3 of Fig'ureZ, of the flange 13 of the collar, and whichin prac- V Figure 4 is a section similar to that of Figure tice providesa self-sealing valve to provide a 3, showing a modified means forsecuring the atwatertight closure between the'members of the tachment atthe end of the faucet, attachment when the movable member is in-itsFigure5 is a sectional elevation of the: end of operative position 35 Jthe faucet and the adjoiningmember of the at- The flexible flange is, asshown in Figure 2, tachment, showing a modified construction of pr ssedw wa d y against the'fianged end 0f the latter, the movable tube-memberby the pressure of the Figure 6 is an elevation of the constructionwater issuing through the nozzle when the faucet- 40 shown in Figure 5,with the movable member of Valve is opened, and in this manner itautomati- 40 the attachment in an adjusted position to render callyprovides a leak-proof connection between the faucet available forordinary use, ,the two members of the attachment.

Referring first to Figures 1 to 3 of the drawing, It will be apparentthat with the tubular mema faucet 5 of conventional form andconstruction, ber in its operative position, the'faucet may be has ascrew-threaded nozzle 6 which in ordinary used as a sanitary drinkingfountain. The wash- 45 use, may be employed for the attachment of a ersafeguards against leakage in the above-dehose or other device. rscribed manner, and when it is desired to use the This screw-threadednozzle is utilized for the faucet in the ordinary manner, the tubularmemapplication of the present invention which to this ber is merelyturned about its pivot to a position end, comprises an interiorlyscrew-threaded colin which it clears the end of the nozzle. 50lar-member 7 and a therewith movably'connected In the construction shownin Figure 4, the col- U-shaped fountain-member 8, which terminates laris modified for its application to a plain faucet in the usual globularmouth-piece 9. The screw nozzle 19 without the use of a screw-thread.The thread of the collar cooperates with that of the collar 18 is madeof larger diameter and the faucet to fix the attachment in placethereon, washer 20 is enlarged to occupy the collar 55 throughout thedepth thereof, and it is interiorly proportioned to fit snugly over theend of the nozzle, Otherwise the construction of the attachment issimilar to that hereinbefore described. In the form illustrated inFigures 5 and 6, the tubular member is hinged to the relatively fixedmember, as at 21 to move about a horizontal aX-is instead of about averticat axis, as in the first described construction.

A slightly resilient catch 22 on the movable; member 8 opposite to thehinge, is sprung around the exterior portion of the flange 13- of thefixed member, to hold the tubular member in its operative positionrelative tothe nozzleof the faucet.

Having thus described the attachment in different forms, it is to beunderstood that other modifications may be resortedto without depart--ing from the scope vof the invention.

The device as shown and described is ad-' vantageous in that it isreadily applied to faucets of standa'rdform and construction, in that itis self-aliziing, in that it is easily adjusted when it is desired touse the faucet in the ordinary manher, in that it is constantly sealedagain-st leak- Patent is:

'- ber in register with theen'd of the nozzle, and movable with relationto the collar-member for adjustment to a position in which it clearssaidend of the nozzle, and a-fiexibl'e washer in the c collar-member for itswatertight connection with the nozzle, having an inturned flangenormally out of engagement with the fountain-member and disposed in thepath of a flow of water thru the nozzle free to'flex downwardly untilarrested by the fountain member, to automatically effeet a watertightconnection-between the members underpressure of said flow.

A drinking fountain faucets, comprising a collar member having means forits fixed connection withthe nozzle of a faucet and having a flangedend,'a fountain member' normally inregister with the nozzle and pivotedfor radial displacement from the nozzle outlet and having a'flan'ged endtightly fitted against the flanged end of the'collar-m'em I her, and ayieldable washer in the collar member disposed in the path of a flow ofwater thru the mally-joined for the flow attachment for water nozzlefree to flex downwardly,

to automatically 7 effect a watertight connection between the members byflexing contact with the flanged end of the fountain-member underpressure of said flow,

when the fountain-member is in its normal posi tion. a 3. A drinkingfountaimattachment,for water faucets comprisinga collar membernagramtain member normally in register for the flow of water from theone to the other 'andpivotally connected to permit of the fountainmember being swung out of-register with the collar 'mem'- her, the twomembers having cooperative means opposite to their pivot with relationto the water I flow, and cooperating with the pivot to maintain a fluidtight joint between themembers in their registering position.-

'4. A drinking fountain attachment for Water" faucets comprising aflanged collar member and la flanged fountain member normally in register forv the flow of waterjfrom'the'orie' to the other,'-a, pivotalconnection between the flanges" ofthe members, to permit of the fountainmem- 5 her being swung out'of register with the; collar" member, and ahook on one member engaging with the flange of the other meinber at apoint oppositeto the'pivotal connection withrelation to the water flow,and cooperating with said con' 'nection to maintain a fluid tight] jointbetween the members in theirregistering'positionJ; 5. A drinkingfountain attachment for water faucets comprising acollarmember and afountain member having registering passages 'no1"-' 7' mally joined forthe flow of water from one totlre other, the fountain member beingri'iovablerela register therewith, and a flexible cs ti-ve to the collarmember' to be'swung ,out'of Y washer} secured in said collara member andprojecting inwardly of said passages into the path of thejlwate'r? Fflow a'ndfreeto bend across the joint between the'passages, intocon'tactwith the other megnher, under pressure of the water flow.

6; A drinking fountain attachment for water faucets comprising a collarmember ahdafofm? tain member having registering passages nor: of waterfrom-one to the other, the fountain member being'movable relative to thecollar member to be swung out of register'therewith, and having aninwardlypro l jecting edge at the injunction point of 'the two membersa-nd a flexible washer projecting inwardly of said passages into thepathof the waterflow in advance of said edge, andnormally tobend intoengagement spaced from said edge, with the edge; under pressure of thewaterflow; HARRY NORMAN CROSS

